My Five Year Old Has Taken to Screaming a Concerning Phrase in Public
SlateCare and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Dear Care and Feeding, Over the last few years, I’ve had ongoing conversations with my kids about personal boundaries and appropriate touching. Like, if my hand lightly grazes her butt while I’m trying to help her into her bathing suit, she yells, “Mama, you touched my private part!” Another time, her cousin tossed a wiffle ball into the chair she was sitting in, and she yelled, “ touched my private part!” because the ball he’d thrown touched her butt. While it sounds like they’ll stay in touch with text, work with Owen’s parents to set up a calendar of physical visits and video calls that both families really try to stick to. You’re right to see his reduced proximity is a good opportunity for her to make new friends.
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